Connecting the
Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Complications Community
at Michigan
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MNORC Awards Underrepresented Minority Pilot/Feasibility Grants |
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The Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center recently awarded two $45,000 pilot and feasibility grants. Awardees were selected from applicants from underrepresented minority backgrounds interested in nutrition, metabolism, or obesity from the University of Michigan. |
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Cristina Saenz de Miera Patin, PhD was awarded a grant for the project titled "Prenatal photoperiodic programming of the developing metabolic hypothalamus."
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Sonya Wolf-Fortune, PhD was awarded a grant for the project titled "Dysregulation of keratinocyte/macrophage axis in obesity driven diabetic wounds."
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Let the Nutrition, Exercise and Phenotyping Testing Core Help You! |
- navigate challenges starting or restarting your human/clinical research studies due to the pandemic.
- transition aspects of your data collection from an in-person to virtual setting and back again.
- modify your study design to increase safety for your patients/participants, as well as the study team.
- expand the scope of your project to include comprehensive nutrition and/or physical activity datasets.
- design and implement a dietary, weight loss or exercise training program.
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Leveraging Health Information Technology to Conduct Obesity and Diabetes Research
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The Caswell Diabetes Institute Informatics and Clinical Research Innovation Program helps researchers make the leap from data to insights. The data repository amasses local electronic health record data of Michigan Medicine patients since 2012. University of Michigan researchers may request de-identified or aggregate/summary-level data, limited/coded datasets, or full-PHI (identifiable) datasets for secondary analyses.
In partnership with the newly established Childhood Obesity Research Core (CORC) of the Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center (MNORC), researchers may request one-on-one consultation during any stage of their research. Complimentary services include data queries, design and development of customized provider- and patient-facing health IT tools such as Epic-integrated Smart-Sets and flowsheets, visual dashboards to better understand and interpret data, and consultation on study design, data availability, statistical methods, and IRB submissions/requirements.
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Caswell Diabetes Institute Seminar Series
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The second Caswell Diabetes Institute Seminar Series featured Christopher J. Lynch, PhD and Holly Nicastro, PhD, MPH, both from the National Institutes of Health. Their presentations "The New NIH Office of Nutrition Research" and "Nutrition for Precision Health, powered by the All of Us Research Program" can be viewed here.
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Register by May 13 to save with the Advance rate
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The American Diabetes Association is requesting applications for research focused on the impact of diabetes on health disparities and, the impact of health disparities on diabetes and its complications.
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Deadline: May 28, 2021
The purpose of the MNORC Pilot /Feasibility (P/F) Grant Program is to promote research on the biological and behavioral determinants of obesity, and to develop interventions to reduce obesity and its disease sequelae using basic, clinical, or population approaches. The P/F program’s aim is to enable both new and established University of Michigan investigators to generate sufficient preliminary information for a successful application for major research funding from NIH or other national granting agencies.
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Deadline Extended: June 17, 2021
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Pennington Biomedical Research Center is seeking postdoctoral fellows interested in the complex interactions between genetic, molecular, physiological, behavioral and environmental aspects of obesity. These fellowships will be supported by an NIH T32 training grant entitled “Training in Obesity Research” which provides up to three years of funding including NIH salary, benefits, travel, and research support.
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The dkNET(NIDDK Information Network) team invites students who work with your center researchers to apply for the Summer of Data Student Internship Program. The Summer of Data program provides students the opportunity to learn data management, FAIR data and rigor and reproducibility skills while performing their research. It is a 6 week virtual summer program where students engage in weekly sessions with dkNET staff and associates to learn about how to use dkNET and other tools to support their research, while engaging in research projects within their labs.
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The Endocrinology Division at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is looking for a new Chief of Endocrinology. The ideal candidate would be someone at the Associate Professor level or Assistant Professor level who is ready to advance to Associate Professor. UT is interested in an individual who can build up a clinical and basic research program, for which the infrastructure already is well developed. Please contact Ralph DeFronzo, MD, Diabetes Division Chief, at defronzo@uthscsa.edu
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The Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina is seeking a Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Responsibilities include a combination of administrative, clinical, research, and educational duties. Favored candidates will possess creativity, passion for academic leadership; superior communication and interpersonal skills; the ability to inspire confidence in their reasoning and decision-making; and an uncompromising commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Details
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Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Clinician Educator Faculty Track - University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is recruiting clinical investigators with a translational and/or implementation research focus in type 1 and/or type 2 diabetes.
Assistant Professor - Apply
Associate/Full Professor - Apply
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About the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute
The University of Michigan has outstanding clinicians and researchers in diabetes, metabolic disorders, and their complications. The Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute serves as the central hub to coordinate these programs. We work across disciplines and serve to integrate rigorous science with patient-centered clinical care to prevent, treat, and ultimately cure diabetes and related disorders.
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Contact Us
Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute
300 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5405
734-764-4433
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Supporting the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute |
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Gifts to the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute are essential to our mission, to be at the forefront of cutting-edge research and to educate the next generation of leaders to be the best in medicine. Please consider supporting the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute: gifts can be made through multiple vehicles such as cash or securities, pledges, payroll deduct, etc. Our development partner, Andrea LaFave is happy to discuss and explore different options with you.
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